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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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 Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Redemption...Ireland beat England at Croker |
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Just listened to it on the bbc, love the radio broadcasts.
Conjures up memories of listening to bbc games on the radio in the car, my dad tapping the wheel at each pass or surge, tuned to each minute rise and fall of the crowd, my brother with hands behind his neck, elbows touching and taut. Something special about the radio. Whenever we got to where we were going i would be disappointed almost, even though we could probably catch some of the game on the tv.
Can't wait to see the game.For now I'll call home and talk it over with the old man, if hes not on the way back from somwhere, tapping the wheel, dreaming of Croker. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I know what you mean. I really miss Saturday afternoons in Northern Ireland. Strong tea and fry-up's. Those cheesey DJ's on the radio. The ones with showband pasts. Then switch over to Five Live for the big build-up to the Saturday afternoon football. There was a different mood on Saturdays and part of that mood was conjured up by the radio. |
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IrishJen
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Location: Gumi, Gyeongbuk
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Aw....you guys are making me homesick! Well, just a little bit.
Seems like it was an awesome game, and an awesome occasion. I'm sad I missed it - was away for the weekend so I had no way of catching it. Any idea if it's available online anywhere?
Such a satisfying game. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| I downloaded it from blueyoyo..tho u have to pay to be a member there. i'm sure its available from some torrent site or another. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| I know what you mean. I really miss Saturday afternoons in Northern Ireland. Strong tea and fry-up's. Those cheesey DJ's on the radio. The ones with showband pasts. Then switch over to Five Live for the big build-up to the Saturday afternoon football. There was a different mood on Saturdays and part of that mood was conjured up by the radio. |
mmm..would kill for a cup of tea I could walk on and an ulster fry. I would have the radio on when i washed the car on the saturday afternoon, and my dad would be pottering about, stopping for a couple of mins each time to check out the'around the grounds'. Great times indeed. Doesn't beat listening to Donegal games on Highland radio though  |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| JMO.......is that Luke Kelly in your avatar? One of my favorite singers. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: |
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What's 'Croker'?
Are we talking about croquet here? |
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newintown
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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croke park, home to GAA (gaelic athletic association)
the match on sat was of particular significance not just cos it was ireland v england, or cos the game was rugby rather than gaelic, but because of historical reasons that i will let you research for yourself.
i would murder an ulster fry, with the full potato, soda & wheaten bread works.
or a packet of tayto cheese n onion & a bottle of club orange! |
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IrishJen
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: |
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You gotta love how everyone from NI (and Ireland for that matter) craves the same things! The Ulster fries, the strong tea, the Tayto and the Club (although I preferred the rock shandy myself). Ever tried the pancakes with the fry?
I reckon you could start up a brisk trade here in such goods. An Irish friend and I went to Mokpo in January - we wanted to go to the seaside - and had some Tayto cheese and onion as we walked along the seafront. Any my brother lives in Shanghai, and says when two Irish people meet for the first time, the conversation inevitably quickly turns to where you can get good sausages.
Our food may not be the most sophisticated, it may even be "bland" (according to a Chinese mother), but dammit it's tasty! |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| JMO.......is that Luke Kelly in your avatar? One of my favorite singers. |
It is indeed. Looks alot different in black and white..less of the ginger shock. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| newintown wrote: |
croke park, home to GAA (gaelic athletic association)
the match on sat was of particular significance not just cos it was ireland v england, or cos the game was rugby rather than gaelic, but because of historical reasons that i will let you research for yourself.
i would murder an ulster fry, with the full potato, soda & wheaten bread works.
or a packet of tayto cheese n onion & a bottle of club orange! |
Salt and vinegar for myself. I also miss lucozade(not irish i know) and sometimes in the dark recesses of my soul i hear the call for Buckfast opr a 3liter bottle of magners..mmm. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| IrishJen wrote: |
You gotta love how everyone from NI (and Ireland for that matter) craves the same things! The Ulster fries, the strong tea, the Tayto and the Club (although I preferred the rock shandy myself). Ever tried the pancakes with the fry?
I reckon you could start up a brisk trade here in such goods. An Irish friend and I went to Mokpo in January - we wanted to go to the seaside - and had some Tayto cheese and onion as we walked along the seafront. Any my brother lives in Shanghai, and says when two Irish people meet for the first time, the conversation inevitably quickly turns to where you can get good sausages.
Our food may not be the most sophisticated, it may even be "bland" (according to a Chinese mother), but dammit it's tasty! |
Youse got the same given name as my elder sister's daughter - Jennifer Ryan.
Beantown has all of the Irish foods- God bless Boston, Massachusetts.
By the way, we call our best meal a Sunday Boiled Dinner: What do youse call it?
Last, all Irish people should see the coast of Massachusetts and then sit down for a typical Boston Sunday Boiled Dinner. For sure, you'd just love the meal because it's that good or that Irish.
Even if you were strummin' thru Manchester, N.H., some parts of Queens, N.Y.C. or what have you, you'd just love the way Irish Food tastes in the Northeastern part of the States.
The Irish in the R.O.K. should taste the way that Irish Food tastes in the kitchens of the Irish Canadians in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, too: Wicked good!!
If you get a chance, go to Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, St. John or whereever: You'd be pleased at the calibre of the homemade Irish meals for sure.
And then there's Newfoundland and Labrador: Talk about good homemade Irish meals that'd rock your world! You know, some Irish Canucks argue that Nfld./Lab is home to the only real Irish meals in North America.
Even if the people who are not Irish know a good Boiled Sunday Dinner, I'd like to know their opinion about this very underrated meal.
Here is to the Irish and their soon-to-be-known/has-to-be-known/should-be-known cuisine (I'm tippin' back a beer).
R |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: |
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Irish cuisine...that reminds me of this english guy who was slagging me in the bar as we played pool. He told me to go home and eat my bacon cabbage and spuds. I was about to come up with a witty rebuke when I realised that I would love some cabbage, bacon, spuds in their jackets and some pan gravy. Luckily that is possible to make here and it is loved by my canadian friends when i make it.
Never realised until he said it that it was a stereotypical Irish meal. |
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